What is a cypherpunk?

[Eugen Leitl]

On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 09:09:56AM -0800, James A. Donald wrote:

> There is nothing stopping you from writing your own operating
> system, so Linus did.

Yes. Corporate lawyers descending upon your ass, because you -- allegedly --
are in violation of some IP somewhere. See you in court.

> If, however, you decline to pay taxes, men with guns will
> attack you.

If you ignore a kkkorporate cease & desist, men with guns will get you, too.
Eventually. Corporations can play the system, whether they hire bandits, or
use the legal system, or buy a politician to pass a law.

> That is the difference between private power and government
> power.

There is no difference. Both are coercive. Some of the rules are good for
you, some are good for the larger assembly of agents, some are broken on
arrival.

We need smarter agents.

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